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Research in Seattle

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Seattle, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
948
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
28.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Seattle?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research InstituteHospital / health system 948 #11,527

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Seattle strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Seattle is most concentrated in General Health Professions and Health Professions (8.8× the world share in General Health Professions).

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 24.5 works8.8×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 28.5 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Seattle?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Public Health, Depression, Quality of Life, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology23▲ 2.9×63 topics
  2. Risk Factors16▲ 7.1×17 topics
  3. Public Health12▲ 4.2×20 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 4.1×30 topics
  5. Mental Health12▲ 3.9×21 topics
  6. Depression10▲ 5.9×14 topics
  7. Primary Care10▲ 13×9 topics
  8. Substance Use Disorders8▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Biomarkers8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  10. Mortality Risk8▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Neuroimaging8▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Aging8▲ 7.3×10 topics
  13. Cancer Incidence8▲ 28×4 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.4×23 topics
  15. Health Disparities8▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Global Burden7▲ 6.9×10 topics
  17. Behavior Change7▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Obesity7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  20. Adolescents6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  21. Social Support6▲ 5.5×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.3×14 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Caregiver Burden6▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Health Outcomes6▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Breast Cancer6▲ 12×10 topics
  27. Preventive Services6▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Population-Based Study6▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Alzheimer's Disease5▲ 9.6×3 topics
  31. Cognitive Decline5▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Mortality Rates5▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Dementia5▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Mild Cognitive Impairment5▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Breast Cancer Screening5▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Cancer Risk5▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 19×5 topics
  38. Global Surveillance5▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Quality Improvement5▲ 12×7 topics
  40. Behavioral Interventions5▲ 30×2 topics

What research is done in Seattle?

Dementia and Cognitive I…5Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 5 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …5Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…4Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…4Health Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …3Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques: 3 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthOncologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 3 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.